Todd Simmons

Everyone in the U.S. — Don’t forget to vote tomorrow! For polling place info, check out http://maps.google.com/vote.

My wife has some nice 80’s themed Halloween posts up on her blog: http://mirror80.com/ While there, don’t hesitate to hit the “Like” button.

Big news for DJ’s — Panasonic is discontinuing the iconic Technics SL-1200 turntable: http://bit.ly/a8kdRc Resale prices will be crazy now.

TurboVote.org wants to make it easy to vote from home. Give them a donation on Kickstarter to help make this a reality: http://bit.ly/9DqwYW

Excited about seeing Icelandic musician Jónsi tonight at Austin Music Hall. Looks pretty amazing: http://bit.ly/ca1dGH http://bit.ly/bOPTc2

The next version of Mac OS X will have an app store just like the iPhone. Will that lead to tighter control by Apple? http://gizmo.do/d6PSVL

“Gamification” has become a buzzword for adding game mechanics to things. This writer argues that the term is flawed: http://bit.ly/9t2KQA

Google is struggling to succeed in social and Facebook is dominating. This battle could shape the future of the web: http://nyti.ms/9Jquzq

NPR’s ombudsman explains and critiques the decision to fire Juan Williams over his comments about Muslims on Fox News: http://n.pr/a1PsJR

This is the craziest looking computer mouse I’ve ever seen: http://bit.ly/bT2D3T It’s like a freaking Transformer (the old, cool ones).